Egg-supporting device.



JI L. SHUTE. EGG SUPPORTNG'DEVIGB.' APPLmAToN FILEDy Juas. 1913.

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To all whomtmay concetmf Be it known that IUJAmss L. SHUTE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VEgg@upper-ting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear', and e'xaetdescription skilled' in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This'i'nvention relates to egg supporting and turning devices for incubatore and has for an object to provide a roller surface for scribed and claimed.

is a. part oi the incubator stricture.

supporting eggs with a detachable member for retaining theeggs in position while being turned.v I

A further object of the invention is to provide improved means for rotating the rollers for turning the eggs'.

A further object of the invention is to provide attachments'for the rollers adapt-- ing `the device for turning tlie eggs with the implement referred to and also providing means whereby the rollers may be rotated and the eggs turned Without the use of such implement. I

,Withthese and other objects in view the.

invention comprises certain novel construetions, coinblnations and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more ful-ly de- In the drawings: Figure 1 is a4 top plan view of the device. Fig'. 2 is a longitudinal view of the device taken on lfineQ-TQ of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a. sectional view ofthe devicetaken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isa sectional viewv of the Fig.'5

positioning frame. Fig.`6 isaview in in verted plan of one of the grid bars 'of the positioning member. Fig. 7 isa perspective view of the roll-er turning implement. Fig. 8 is a perspective `view of one of the implement supporting hooks. Fig. 9 is a sectional view showing the manner of attaching the hof/irs to the frame.

Like characters of referencevdesignate corresponding parts throughout the feral vielvil'rs. d l ff e improve e0` sil ortmg nevice which forms the subziict nigterot this application comprises a 1G'WhiCh'may eV and preferably though not necessariljY tween the'iside bers of the frame 10 a plu rality ot rollers 11 ere iournaled, such jour.-

naling being provided in uny'approved manner 'as by vtrunnions 12 inserted in bearings 13 1n fsuch side framing. The rollers ll ex- ,tend transversely :scross the frame and are spaced'preerably to support eggs ia'id between such rollers as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. l.'

-I'Each ofthe; rollers 1i is provided with one or4 more star wheels as shown in the drawings,l alternate rollers being provided `with the star wheels 14 at opposite ends ywhile*intermediate the ends adjacent the center other-star wheels 15 are provided. As will be noted especially from Figs. 2 and 4 all of the star wheels 14 and 15 entend downwardly below the lines of the frame 10 and if the frame is constructed as a separate removable structure the entire frame carrying the rol-1ers and eggs thereon may be taken off from the incubator housing, set uponthe top of a table, lioor or other liat surface andmoved along Whereuponthe star Wheels engaging the surface of the table cr the like will serve to rotate the rollers.

lVhere itis desirable .not to remove the frame andv rotate the rollers to turn the eggs as above described an implement shown asa whole at 1G is provided in the form of an elongated har having rack teeth 17 ,formedalong one side, lsuch rack teeth being proportioned to engage with the teeth oi' the star Wheels 15. To mount the rack bar 16 4in proper position for engagingthe star wheels 15 such bar is provided with guide members 18 secured to one side of the bar and hooks 19 are carried by the frame 10. ISo that the hooks 19 will not prevent the tramebeingiremoved and the eggs being turned by setting upon a table as previously described the hooks are made slidable in the framelO as indicated particularly at Figf). As will be apparent from an examination of Fig. 4 the rack bar may be engaged upon the hooks 19 in an inclined position as shown in dotted lines whereby the bar is free to move without engaging the star wheels 15. moved to either 'limit of its movement in such' inclined position and then turn. up to engaging position as shown in full lines and either pulled or pushed the necessary distance to accomplish the rotation of the rollers and ffe consequent turning of the eggs. Foliov` ng this the rack bar may be The rack bar may then bel detached from the hooks if the structure is such that the detachment is found desirable.

When eggs are supported upon a roller over the center of each ofthe rollers and consequently immediately between each two rows of eggs. The bars 21 are preferably constructed of two thicknesses of sheet material as shown particularly at Figs. 2, 3 and 6 either folded or otherwise secured to gether with tongues 22 struck u from `such metal and extending laterally t erefrom as indicated particularly at Figs. 1 and 6 such 25 tongues being positioned to engage the sides of proximate eggs and prevent any movement of such"eggs longitudinally of the rollers. The grid bars 21 may be further stre thened by means of intermediate bars 23 a' though it is to be understood that such intermediate bars are purely matters of choice. 'lhe rrid bars 21 are secured to the frame memers 20 in any approved manner and are'formed at the ends as indicated at 24 as may be found necessary to clear the side framing 10,

and the star wheels 14.

It will be understood, of course, that the frame 2O with its accompanying members is employed only during the process of turning the eggs, being placed upon the frame 10 j ust prior to such turning and removed therefrom when such turning is completed.

I claim: v

1. In :in supporting device, a frame,

. rollers journalwl upon the frame, stai' wheels carried by the rollers extending below the lines o'. the frame und a rack bar mounted adjacent to the wheels and placed in engageincnt therewith by a pivotal movement transversely of the naid axis of the bar.

2. In :in egg supporting device, a plu lity ol spaced rollt-rs, slaiu'lieels carried by the rollers in nliiieineiu, a rack bar positioned adjacent the lini oi' star wheels, and means for ineuuting the rara liar and permitting movement ot the latter in a direction transversely oi the bai' for throwing it into and out df engagement willi the wheels.

In an egg sliiipiting device, a plurality oispaced rollers, toothed wheels carried by of wire or the rollers, a rack bar, means including a device carried by one longitudinal side of the rack bar enabling the rack bar to be thrown out of engagement with the wheels by gravity.

4. Inan eg supportin device,aplurality ofspacedrol ers, toothe wheels carried by the rollers in alinement, bearing and su porting members adjacent the line of whee s, a rack bar having engaging teeth along its to surface and guide members along one sidb of the bar. permitting a sliding and swinging movement of said bar, the uide members being adapted to engage the bearing members.

5. In an egg supporting device, a fram a plurality of spaced rollers journaled 'uit e frame, toothed wheels carried by the rollers, hooks carried by the frame spaced u on the same side of the 'line of toothed w eels, a

bar provided with a rack along its top sury face and guide members seemed to one side of the bar in positionl to pivotally engage the hooks. y

o. In an egg supporting device, a frame, a plurality of rollers` journaled in the frame in spaced relation, and a grid com rising bars spaced immediately over the rolllrs extending longitudinally thereof, adjacent bars aiding in holding the eggs in a given position in contact with adjacent roller/s.

7, In 'an egg supporting device, a lurality of spaced rollers,"a frame remova le from the rollers, grid bars carried by the frame and spaced to thejposition immediately' over the rollers extending longitudinally thereof, adjacent bars aiding in holding the'ieggs in a given position in contact with adJacent rollers, and tongues extending laterally from the grid bars. 5

8. In an egg supporting device,va 'plurality of 4spaced rollers, a frame surrounding the spaced rollers grid barsvattached to the t'i-:une :ind exten( ing longitudinally above and in parallelism with the rollers and egg engaging tongues vextending laterally fiom the liars toward the adjacent bars, Said rollers, grid bars and tongues forming a plu rality of individual egg compartments having straight sides and a trough-like bottom, nach coinpartinent being formed of a pluriility of rollers and given rollers forming adjacent sides of adjacent troughs.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. SHUTE.

Witnesses M. L. Piiiiiiifri, lV. Il. Pniziiiiir.. 

